🔗 Share this article Democratic lawmakers Assert White House Rejecting Shutdown Negotiations as President Repeats Threat of Layoffs A high-ranking administration representative has stated that large-scale dismissals of federal staff could start if the president determines that talks to resolve the administration stoppage are "absolutely going nowhere|making no progress|stalled completely}." Kevin Hassett informed the news network that he still perceived a opportunity that Democrats would concede, but noted that the president was "gearing up to act|take action|intervene" if needed. Frozen Negotiations Not any concrete indications of negotiations have surfaced between congressional representatives since Trump met with them the previous week. The closure began on 1 October, after upper chamber Democratic senators voted against a interim appropriations bill that would maintain federal agencies open through to the twenty-first of November. "They've declined to talk with us," Senate Democratic leader the Senate minority leader stated to CBS, claiming the impasse could be ended only by further talks between the president and the principal congressional leaders. Political Claims The GOP House speaker accused Democrats of being "unserious" in discussions to conclude the national shutdown, while the Democratic representative faulted GOP lawmakers of driving the shutdown. Additional Events United States personnel apparently targeted another vessel unlawfully smuggling narcotics off the coast of the South American nation The governor of California declared that he is taking legal action against Donald Trump over the sending of 300 state guard members to the neighboring state The homeland security secretary labeled Chicago "combat territory" after government officers fired upon a woman Representatives have landed in the Egyptian capital before negotiations expected to focus on the release of hostages held by the Palestinian group in Gaza Recent Governmental Updates Out-of-power Democratic lawmakers have embraced the uncertain approach of a government shutdown as their boldest effort yet to restrain a president whom many voters and constitutional scholars now view as a risk to US democracy Trump is increasing his assaults on Soros little more than a year before the congressional elections for Congress, in what's been called a "intimidating warning to other donors" The administration is targeting 100m land area of timberland across the nation for timber harvesting